...other provisions there was one stipulating 'into this Liberal and Catholic Institution shall never be admitted any Religious Tests but on the Contrary...Absolute and uninterrupted Liberty of Conscience.' The college was founded at Warren in the f ollowing year with the Reverend James Manning as first president....

...protestant faith. It was further provided that "into this liberal and catholic institution shall never be admitted any religious tests, but on the contrary all the members hereof shall for ever enjoy full, free, absolute and uninterrupted liberty of conscience and the sectarian differences...